WO2009118702A3 - Flip angle imaging with improved b1 mapping for multi-rf transmit systems - Google Patents

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WO2009118702A3
WO2009118702A3 PCT/IB2009/051258 IB2009051258W WO2009118702A3 WO 2009118702 A3 WO2009118702 A3 WO 2009118702A3 IB 2009051258 W IB2009051258 W IB 2009051258W WO 2009118702 A3 WO2009118702 A3 WO 2009118702A3
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flip angle
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Kay Nehrke
Peter Boernert
Tobias Ratko Voigt
Ulrich Katscher
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Philips Intellectual Property & Standards Gmbh
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Priority to CN200980110909.XA priority patent/CN101981462B/zh
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    • G01R33/5611—Parallel magnetic resonance imaging, e.g. sensitivity encoding [SENSE], simultaneous acquisition of spatial harmonics [SMASH], unaliasing by Fourier encoding of the overlaps using the temporal dimension [UNFOLD], k-t-broad-use linear acquisition speed-up technique [k-t-BLAST], k-t-SENSE
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    • G01R33/565—Correction of image distortions, e.g. due to magnetic field inhomogeneities
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    • G01R33/565—Correction of image distortions, e.g. due to magnetic field inhomogeneities
    • G01R33/56518—Correction of image distortions, e.g. due to magnetic field inhomogeneities due to eddy currents, e.g. caused by switching of the gradient magnetic field
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EP09725991A EP2260317A2 (de) 2008-03-27 2009-03-26 Pulswinkelabbildung mit verbessertem b1-mapping für mehrfach-hf-übertragungssysteme
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CN200980110909.XA CN101981462B (zh) 2008-03-27 2009-03-26 具有针对多rf发射系统的改进的b1映射的翻转角成像

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